Healthy Forests Research
Healthy Forests Restoration Act Projects
Accelerated Information Gathering
- Blacks Mountain Interdisciplinary Research Project - Cone Fire Assessment (PDF, 663 KB)
- Genetic diversity of western white pine (Pinus monticola Dougl.) revealed by genetic markers: Improving the white pine blister rust resistance breeding program and understanding the importance of natural regeneration after biotic and abiotic disturbances (PDF, 629 KB)
- Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Southern Appalachians (PDF, 656 KB)
- Rapid Response Treatment Strategies for Public and Private Landowners in the South to Recover from Red Oak Borer in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas (PDF, 656 KB)
- Stand and landscape visualization systems and remote sensing of forest vegetation structure (Accelerated Information Gathering) (PDF, 755 KB)
- Trapping systems for early detection of exotic beetles at ports-of-origin and ports-of-entry, and for detection and control of exotic and invasive beetles in urban landscapes and managed forests. (PDF, 652 KB)
Silvicultural Assessments
- Research and demonstration areas of silvicultural treatments for minimizing gypsy moth effects (PDF, 683 KB)
- Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Southern Appalachians (PDF, 632 KB)
- Applied Silvicultural Assessment of Upland Oak-Hickory Forests and the Red Oak Borer in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas (PDF, 842 KB)
- Maintaining Habitat Diversity, Sustaining Oak Systems, and Reducing Risk of Mortality from Gypsy Moth and Oak Decline on the Daniel Boone National Forest: Silvicultural Approaches and Their Operational Dimensions (PDF, 640 KB)
- Applied Silvicultural Assessment of Southern Pine Beetle in Southern Pine Stands West of the Mississippi River (PDF, 667 KB)
- Silvicultural thinning treatments for hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) damage mitigation (PDF, 650 KB)